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Arkansas continued to see record employment levels in May, posting job gains for the eighth-straight month that helped lower the state's unemployment rate to 2.7%, a new low and a full percentage point below the U.S. rate.
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The state could do worse than to get the PR types on this: How about a commercial, like the ones you see on The Weather Channel--but instead of Missouri or Florida or Louisiana, this commercial would be an ad for Arkansas. And instead of featuring lakes or golfers or somebody in New Orleans playing a trumpet, this commercial would focus on "TWO-POINT-EIGHT!"
An almost 10% decline in the number of unemployed and a 1% gain in jobs year-over-year helped push Arkansas’ April jobless rate to 2.8%.
Employment in Arkansas increased in April for the seventh consecutive month, generating another unemployment record low at 2.8% and achieving an all-time high in the number of workers with jobs. The state also registered a new low in the number of unemployed.